Jill Martin - Sports News Editor
Jill Martin
Sports News Editor
Jill Martin is a sports news editor at CNN.
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Reggie Bush getting 2005 Heisman Trophy back, Heisman Trust cites ‘enormous changes in college athletics’
Apr 24, 2024
Reggie Bush is getting his 2005 Heisman Memorial Trophy back after having had to relinquish the award in 2010.
WNBA draft: Caitlin Clark selected No. 1 by Indiana Fever, while Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese are teaming up in Chicago
Apr 16, 2024
Excitement for women’s basketball is perhaps the highest it’s ever been.
South Carolina celebrates winning third women’s basketball national championship
Apr 9, 2024
The victorious South Carolina women’s basketball team returned home to celebrate with its home crowd after defeating Iowa 87-75 to win their third national title.
South Carolina-Iowa title game shatters women’s college basketball ratings record
Apr 8, 2024
The ratings record for a women’s college basketball game just got shattered – again.
South Carolina gets revenge against Caitlin Clark and Iowa, wins 3rd women’s national championship
Apr 8, 2024
No. 1 overall seed South Carolina has defeated Iowa 87-75 to win the women’s basketball NCAA tournament title, completing a perfect 38-0 season.
Caitlin Clark and Iowa are heading back to the women’s national title game, will face South Carolina
Apr 6, 2024
Between all the shocks, the tremendous skill on show on the court and the drama off it, it’s been quite the women’s March Madness in 2024.
Oakland A’s to play in West Sacramento for 3 seasons. It’s 86 miles away from the Coliseum, but still much closer than Vegas
Apr 5, 2024
The Oakland Athletics plan to play in the city of West Sacramento, California, starting in 2025 while the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise waits for a stadium to be built in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Angel Reese announces that she is leaving LSU for the WNBA
Apr 3, 2024
LSU basketball star Angel Reese has announced that she is leaving school for the WNBA.
Brittney Griner re-signs with Phoenix Mercury ahead of Team USA training camp
Apr 3, 2024
Brittney Griner has re-signed with her longtime WNBA team, the Phoenix Mercury, ahead of this year’s Summer Olympic Games in Paris.
Caitlin Clark and Iowa advance to women’s Final Four after beating 2023 champion LSU
Apr 2, 2024
No. 1 Iowa defeated No. 3 LSU in the women’s Elite Eight Monday night and will advance to the Final Four.
MLB commissioner hopes Shohei Ohtani investigation is short, ‘but I just don’t know’
Mar 29, 2024
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said on Thursday that he hopes the league’s investigation into superstar Shohei Ohtani is short, “but I just don’t know” how long it will take.
Utah women’s basketball team ‘troubled and shaken’ as ‘disturbing’ details of alleged racist abuse directed at players emerge
Mar 27, 2024
Members of the Utah women’s basketball team have been left “deeply troubled and shaken” by what team officials called “hateful and disturbing” racial abuse ahead of their NCAA tournament opening game.
Caitlin Clark reportedly offered $5 million from Ice Cube to join Big3 professional basketball league
Mar 27, 2024
Iowa Hawkeyes superstar Caitlin Clark, the projected No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft, has received an offer to join the Big3, a 3-on-3 pro basketball league.
Utah women’s basketball team switched hotels after experiencing racism, says head coach
Mar 26, 2024
The Utah women’s basketball team had to switch hotels after experiencing what head coach Lynne Roberts called “racial hate crimes” ahead of its first NCAA tournament game.
Tennis stars voice support for Aryna Sabalenka after her former partner’s death
Mar 21, 2024
Members of the tennis community are rallying around Belarusian world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka following the death of her ex-partner, former professional ice hockey player Konstantin Koltsov.
IOC blasts Russia’s Friendship Games for what it says is a violation of the Olympic Charter and politicization of sport
Mar 20, 2024
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has criticized Russia’s so-called Friendship Games as being “purely politically motivated” and a violation of the Olympic Charter.
